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Photo Courtesy of Ken Williams Regents Professor Lanny Schmidt
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Lanny D. Schmidt, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceResearch InterestsSurface chemistry and catalysis; adsorption and reaction on well-defined surfaces; chemical reaction engineering; combustion; kinetics of chemical vapor deposition. Biographical Sketch of Lanny D. SchmidtLanny D. Schmidt was born on May 6, 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois. He is married and has two children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1960 from Wheaton College, and a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry in 1964 from the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. His thesis on alkali metal adsorption was supervised by Robert Gomer. After a postdoctoral year at the University of Chicago, he joined the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota where he is now Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. Professor Schmidt's research focuses on various aspects of the chemistry and engineering of chemical reactions on solid surfaces. Reaction systems of recent interest are catalytic combustion processes to produce products such as syngas, olefins, oxygenates by partial oxidation and NOx removal and incineration by total oxidation. One topic of research is characterization of adsorption and reactions on well defined single crystal surfaces. The second topic is steady state and transient reaction kinetics under conditions from ultrahigh vacuum to atmospheric pressure. The third topic is characterization of small particles and the correlation of catalytic activity with particle microstructure. The fourth topic is catalytic reaction engineering in which detailed models of reactors are constructed to simulate industrial reactor performance, with particular emphasis on chemical synthesis and on catalytic combustion. Professor Schmidt has published over 300 papers in refereed journals. He has supervised approximately 60 Ph.D. theses and 15 M.S. theses at Minnesota, and 11 of his former students hold university teaching positions. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. PersonalBorn May 6, 1938 in Waukegan, Illinois. Married, two children. Education1956-60 B.S. (Chemistry), Wheaton College 1960-64 Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), University of Chicago 1964-65 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Chicago Employment1960 Abbott Laboratories, Research Scientist 1965-68 University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor 1969-72 University of Minnesota, Associate Professor 1973- University of Minnesota, Professor MemberAmerican Physical Society American Chemical Society America Association for the Advancement of Science American Vacuum Society American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Academy of Engineering AwardsParravano Award, Michigan Catalysis Society, 1987 Fairchild Scholar, Cal Tech, 1988 Reilly Lectures, Notre Dame, 1990 Dodge Lectures, Yale, 1992 Alpha Xi Sigma Award, AIChE, 1993 George Taylor IT Professorship, 1993 Humboldt Prize, Germany, 1994 Cross Canada Catalysis Lecture Tour, 1994 National Academy of Engineering, 1994 Professor of the Year, AIChE Student Chapter, 1995 Mason Lectures, Stanford University, 1996 Merck Lecture, Rutgers University, 1997 Centenial Lecture, LSU, 1997 Kelley Lectures, Purdue, 1997 Schiut Lecture, Delaware, 1997 Hottell Lecture, MIT, 1999 Plenary Lecture, International Catalysis Congress, Spain, 2000 Keynote lecture, North American Catalysis Congress, Toronto, 2001 Award Lecture, Natural Gas Conversion Conference, Anchorage, 2001
Departmental Service: Director of Graduate Studies ~1977-81 Director of Graduate Studies ~1993-99 Chair of Faculty Search Committees 19 (Weaver hired) 19 (White hired) 2000-01 (Maynard hired) Chair of department remodeling committee 1985-87
University Service: Graduate School Policy and Review Council ~1978-82 Graduate School Fellowship committee ~1982-87 IT Advisory Council 1998-2001 IT Promotion and Tenure Committee 1991-92 and 1995-98. NSF Regional Instrumentation Facility for Surface Analysis 1979-2001 PI on $2 million multiuser facility
PhD students now in academia: Raymond Gorte Penn Maria Stephanopoulos Tufts Christof Steinbruchel RPI Mat Sci Thatcher Root Wisconsin Christos Takoudis Univerisity of Illinois Chicago Edmund Seebauer Illinois Ioannes Kevrikidis Princeton Dionisios Vlachos Delaware Marylin Huff Drexel Keith Hohn KSU Corey Leclerc McGill University
Postdoctoral Associates now in academia: Ferdi Schuth Muhlheim Gotz Veser Pittsburgh Olaf Deutschmann Karlsruhe
Research Highlights: quantified adsorption and reaction on single crystal planes 1965-75 developed fundamental reaction kinetics on surfaces 1970-85 quantified reaction dynamics and oscillations on surfaces 1980-95 developed millisecond chemical processes 1990-present
Undergraduate courses taught: (all required chemical engineering coursed except Intro, FM, and Separations) Chemical Reaction Engineering (wrote text) Thermodynamics Mass and Heat Transfer Process Control Process Design Unit Operations Lab Chemical Reactors Lab ~1975-80 developed elective course for undergrads Catalysis and Reaction Engineering 1990s developed elective course for seniors
Recent consulting, 1990-present: Dow Chemical Exxon Air Products Rohm and Haas DuPont Delphi Automotive
Editorial boards Surface Science Chemical Engineering Science Journal of Catalysis Catalysis Letters Applied Catalysis Saudi Journal of Chemical Engineering
Recent service: Advisory committee Wisconsin 1998-present Advisory committee UCLA ~1995 Review panel, Lawrence Berkeley 1999 Technical Advisory Board, Dow 1998-present
Recent Invited Seminars MIT Hottell Lecture Dec 1999 DSM, Holland May 2000 Degussa Huls May 2000 Int Catalysis Congress July 2000 Plenary Lecture Santa Barbara Oct 2000 Symyx Oct 2000 Sel Oxidation Workshop Dec 2000 Yokohama Toyota Research Dec 2000 NA Catalysis Soc June 2001 Keynote lecture Natural Gas Conversion June 2001 Award Lecture, Anchorage Kansas Nov 2001 BP, England March 2002 Netherlands Keynote March 2002 Iowa State seminar November 2003 Berkeley seminar February 2003 NA Catalysis Soc Keynote lecture June 2003
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